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That's the key. Corporations demand payment for an inferior product relative to free alternatives. If I pay money, I expect a *higher* quality product than the free alternatives.

I've published a fair amount of software as well as a book, but all under share-alike / GPL licenses, so I find big media's argument that nobody will create unless they receive monetary compensation particularly humorous. The creative force has driven society for millennia - big media hardly invented it!